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• Title:Toxoplasmosis : a comprehensive clinical guide / edited by David H.M. Joynson and Tim G. Wreghitt.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Joynson, David H. M. (Huw Malcolm), 1943-
  Wreghitt, T. G.
  
• Published/Created:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2001.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WC725 .T696 2001
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects: Toxoplasmosis.
  
• Medical Subjects:Toxoplasmosis.
  
• Description:xiv, 395 p. : illustrations.
  
• Summary:This authoritative and comprehensive account looks at the re-emergence of toxoplasmosis as a significant and potentially fatal infection. A team of acknowledged international experts reviews the latest diagnostic techniques, and the maangement of infection in pregnant women, neonates the eye, transplant and other immunosuppressed patients and those with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:0521443288 (hb)
  
• Contents:1. Biology of toxoplasmosis / E. Petersen and J. P. Dubey
  2. Immunology of toxoplasma infection / C. A. Hunter and G. Reichmann
  3. epidemiology of toxoplasma infection / S. Hall, M. Ryan and D. Buxton
  4. Infection in the immunocompetent / D. O. Ho-Yen
  5. Toxoplasma infection in HIV-infected patients / P. Mariuz and R. T. Steigbigel
  6. Toxoplasma infection in immunosuppressed (HIV-negative) patients / T. G. Wreghitt and D. H. M. Joynson
  7. Maternal and foetal infection / P. Thulliez
  8. Prenatal screening for toxoplasma infection / R. E. Gilbert and C. S. Peckham
  9. Newborn screening for congenital toxoplasma infection / R. B. Eaton, R. Lynfield and H.-W. Hsu / [et al.]
  10. Infections in neonates and infants / J. Couvreur
  11. Ocular infection / G. N. Dutton
  12. Laboratory diagnosis of toxoplasma infection / D. H. M. Joynson and E. C. Guy
  13. Antitoxoplasma chemotherapy / R. E. McCabe
  14. Toxoplasma vaccines / J. L. Fishback and J. K. Frenkel
  App. Protocols for treatment and management
  1. Suggested treatment protocols
  2. Management of toxoplasma infection in pregnancy
  3. Hygiene measures to prevent infection
  4. Classification system and case definitions of Toxoplasma gondii infection in immunocompetent pregnant women and their congenitally infected offspring.